ERT Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Coordinator

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, and economic wellbeing to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Position Summary The Emergency Humanitarian Access, Safety & Security Coordinator (ERT HASSC) is a core member of IRC’s Emergency Response Team (ERT). Reporting to the Director of Emergency Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security (DEHASS), the role involves deploying 65% of each fiscal year to support EmU-led or country-led emergency responses. The ERT HASSC designs, develops, and manages on‑site responses, ensuring rapid and effective humanitarian access, safety, and security for affected populations, and assists in the transfer of responsibilities to long‑term staff. Responsibilities Lead the identification, analysis, and mitigation of humanitarian access, safety, and security risks across emergency responses in collaboration with Field Response leadership and in alignment with IRC’s Security Minimum Standards (SMS) and duty of care. Develop and implement specific access, security, and acceptance strategies in coordination with the Emergency Country Director/ERT Leader, ASAP, and Regional Safety and Security Director to enable safe program delivery for the worst‑affected and least‑served populations. Build and maintain relationships, engage and negotiate with authorities, security actors, and community stakeholders, including state and non‑state actors, to ensure IRC’s mission is understood and accepted. Establish and maintain emergency‑appropriate access and security incident reporting and trend analysis systems to inform program design, movement control, and contingency planning. Construct and maintain context‑appropriate communications infrastructure (e.g., VHF/HF/satellite) and support the enhancement of EmU’s systems across emergency responses. Serve as a member of the Field Critical Incident Management Team, supporting the management and resolution of major incidents when activated. Provide technical input to assessments and proposal development for new programs and geographic expansion, ensuring access, safety, and security costs are integrated into proposals, budgets, and annual planning. Coordinate and collaborate with Country and Regional HASS staff on the implementation of IRC’s policies and procedures during emergency responses, ensuring sustainable handover to local staff. Collaborate with IRC units to ensure prompt and appropriate follow‑up to violations of IRC’s Code of Conduct and breaches of humanitarian principles. Identify, establish, and manage context‑appropriate approaches to secure IRC facilities, including third‑party security companies or directly hired IRC security watchmen. Input into the SHIELD incident database for reporting and management, facilitate After‑Action Reviews with documented corrective actions, and produce trend analyses to inform decision‑making. Report to the DEHASS on all technical and contextual humanitarian access, safety, and security issues. When not deployed, support the development and delivery of ASAP’s shared service offering for emergency responses, including scenario workshops, strategy development, and training. Design, deliver, and supervise emergency HASS capacity‑strengthening plans, ensuring effective delivery of global Security & Safety trainings with gender‑sensitive approaches. Lead and facilitate Critical Incident/Crisis Management training for Emergency Response Supervisory Management Teams in collaboration with Global Safety & Security resources. Maintain records of training, identify gaps, and report data to regional and global security levels as required, suggesting refresher training where necessary. Support the development, updates, and revisions of HASS technical resources, including training materials and content in the Emergency roadmap. Support the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of global access and security incidents and trends, working with Global Crisis Analysis and other stakeholders to inform decision‑making. Lead the delivery of partner capacity‑sharing plans in emergency contexts, ensuring application of IRC’s Security & Safeguarding Learning & Development framework. Ensure quality, accountability, and consistency in partner‑led HASS work by providing technical assistance, training, and system integration. Adapt IRC direct‑implementation emergency tools and systems for partner use as needed. Champion a culture of effective and respectful partnerships across the Emergency S&S team and across departments in emergency responses. Build and maintain strong working relationships across EmU, Global S&S Department, and regional/country colleagues to promote collaboration and One IRC ways of working. Maintain a positive, collaborative, safe, and protective work environment, ensuring humanitarian access, safety, and security are two‑way conversations with staff. Promote gender equality, diversity, and inclusive practices across EmU and emergency responses. Requirements • Approximately 6 years of non‑profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated successes in planning, organizing and managing humanitarian access, safety, and security in complex and volatile environments.

• Ability to commit to deployment within 72 hours of notification for a minimum of 6 and up to 12 weeks.
• Understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct and ideally, specific sub‑sector work linked to NGO field operations contexts.
• Proven ability to gain a precise understanding of local, regional, country and international policies and to provide clear dynamic briefings that inform decision‑making before and during emergencies and major crises.
• Demonstrated successes in gender security management and gender equality.
• Skilled in influencing and obtaining cooperation of individuals at different levels and without supervisory lines; able to work as a member of a multinational team and manage a variety of external and internal relationships to achieve results.
• Advanced knowledge of communications technology, including VHF, HF radio systems, satellite communications, and cell phone mediums.
• Evidence of experience in capacity strengthening, including prior experience as a facilitator and trainer, with the ability to develop, implement, and impart learning to a wide range of audiences.
• English and French essential; proficiency in Arabic or Spanish preferred.

Professional Standards All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. IRC upholds Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability, and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. Equal Opportunity Employer IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr International Rescue Committee